NEW YORK _ Ed Kranepool's two-year wait for a kidney transplant appears to be over, the first baseman of the 1969 world champion Mets said Monday.
Kranepool has been told all signs are go for the procedure, scheduled for early May at Stony Brook University Hospital. Kali Chan, the hospital's director of media relations, confirmed the transplant has been scheduled and will be performed by Frank S. Darras, medical director of transplantation services.
"I'm nervous, but also ecstatic," Kranepool, 74, said from his home in Jericho. "It's very exhilarating, no question about it. It's life-saving. But I am nervous. It's a three-and-a-half-hour operation. Even though the doctor doesn't see it as a problem. Nothing is a problem until there's a problem."
